I challenge you to find a car for sale.

[blackbird]

Ok so here's the challenge for all of you

Find a car with a heated Front windscreen

 

Must be

- For Sale in the UK

- MOTed

- under £1200

 

MEGA bonus points for something interesting

Double points if it's not a FORD

 

 

Post your answers here

 

Best answer wins ...nothing

 

 

Go.......

[trigger]

Good luck finding something which ISN'T a Ford, you'd still be able to pick up a Mk4 Escort with a HFS for under £1200 but there's no guarantees that all the elements will work though. 

[HillmanImp]

You can just buy pretty much any car these days and get a heated windscreen fitted can't you?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1992-PEUGEOT-205-XLD-RED-1-8-DIESEL-LONG-MOT-LOW-MILEAGE-DIESEL-1-NO-RESERVE-/231153646980

 

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http://www.heatedwindscreen.com/acatalog/peugeot-heated-windscreens.html

 

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Ok so here's the challenge for all of you

Find a car with a heated Front windscreen

 

Must be

- For Sale in the UK

- MOTed

- under £1200

 

MEGA bonus points for something interesting

Double points if it's not a FORD

 

 

Post your answers here

 

Best answer wins ...nothing

 

 

Go.......

[mercrocker]

Morris Minor.....cant find one with heated screen right now but they are available! 

[derskine]

 

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[fordperv]

im losing points for ford here but doesnt the mk3 mondeo come with heated screen as standard on most trim levels, there are lots of those in your price range

[scruff]

I was going to try and find a RR Classic but there's no cheap Vogue SEs or later Vogues left, and I CBA to search further than eBay

[Micrashed]

There is a Y plate Focus diseasal estate for sale on the roadside near me for £595 ono,

 

Yes, yes its a Ford.

[Jim Bell]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volvo-C70-2003-S-History-Leather-Alloys-Climate-Climate-/171240573926?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item27debbcbe6

 

 

 

 

Hot Screens.

 

Dunno how legit that is though.

 

It also has;

 

 

Heated Leather Sunroof

 

Apparently.

[Jim Bell]

You might get in under £1200 on this:

 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAGUAR-SOVEREIGN-XJ8-V8-AUTO-LWB-2000-W-Reg-8-Month-MOT-and-TAX-/141189863524?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item20df925864

[Richard]

My van isn't a year old yet and half the heated windscreen has already failed.

[Cavcraft]

Is this just for a laugh/hypothetical, or is someone seriously daft enough to actually want a car just because it has a heated front screen?

[dugong]

Is this just for a laugh/hypothetical, or is someone seriously daft enough to actually want a car just because it has a heated front screen?

Probably. 

 

My mum spent £17,000 on an Audi because it has cheap tax. Weirdly, it's on its third windscreen in a year because it keeps cracking them at the base of the offside A pillar. 

 

Or something. 

[DVee8]

S Type Jag

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2000-JAGUAR-S-TYPE-3-0-V6-4dr-Auto-/181317265290?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2a3759e78a

 

 

It may be 35 over but a deal must be done

[Timewaster]

Are you sure you want a heated screen? I've got 3, one looks like a bar code and while the other 2 work quite well they are a bastard on days with low sun and when faced with oncoming headlights.

[fordperv]

mrs fordperv managed to get a crack in her rs turbo windscreen at the bottom of the a pillar on the n/s, thats supposed to have a heated screen in

[NorfolkNWeigh]

As the above posts have shown,anything that was in the Ford PAG is likely to have a heated screen . That means any Jag, most Land Rovers and Aston Martins,although for some inexplicable reason not Volvos. As I'm stupid and don't drive an ex-Ford ,one day last week I scraped all the windows on my Wife's car before I went to work,she texted me later saying 'Thanks,but all I have to do is press a button and it all melts' I did feel pretty stupid.

Mk2 Grand Voyagers had a single heating element at the bottom of the screen under the wipers and Alhambras (&probably Sharans) have Ford heated screens,can't begin to wonder why.

[KruJoe]

^WHS.

I think Ford group had/have the patent/monopoly on heated front screens, so you'll struggle.

I don't like that Ford type, with the wiggly wires running through the glass. They're quite distracting, especially with the low angle sunlight we (sometimes) get in the UK.

 

You could fit a kit as rallyists did back in the day:

 

 

[Felly Magic]

Mum's Fester has a heated front screen and she hates it on sunny days, as the elements in it are a PITA. The car has AC, so doesn't really need the bloody heated screen either!

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Some posh Lagunas came with heated windscreens, like this one which is unfortunately £500 over budget but meets your not Ford, MOT and UK criteria. 

[mat_the_cat]

I paid around £600 for my Y reg Focus, and the heated screen was a big selling point and the main reason I was looking for a Ford! I reckon it's a great feature but then again the lines don't bother me like they do some people. Mainly used for near-instant demisting (quicker than AC) rather than frost melting although is handy for that:

 

[bub2006]

My vectra c had a heated front screen button but it wasn't elements in screen. Just diverted all air at full tilt towards windscreen and turned the air con on. Was quiet effective

[spike60]

My son's Mundano predictably has a heated screen, I find it fine except for it interferes with Sat Nav on the dash, it struggles for a signal. 03 Tdci available for less than £1200, about £350!

[vulgalour]

Purchase any desirable* non-Ford for £1185.36 or less, then purchase this.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hair-Dryer-12v-Caravan-Motorhome-Portable-Folding-Travel-Car-Boats-Hairdryer-/350883686194?pt=UK_Health_Beauty_Hair_Care_Brushes_Combs_PP&hash=item51b24c2732

[DSdriver]

Heated front screens were available for HB Vivas around 1970. From whatsisname Marshall. Largish bloke who used to race/rally.  I should imagine you would be able to buy a Viva for about 50 pence and the price of a wheelbarrow because the glass will be the only part that hasn't oxidised.

[DVee8]

Fill one of these with hot water

 

Take one of these and place on dash top

 

Place hot water bottle on to tea towel.Go back in door to have a cup of tea.

[Stroller133]

I had a Vectra hire car once with a button for heated front screen - all it did was automatically put fan on max, turn on AC and direct air to screen. I felt cheated.

[Barry Cade]

As the above posts have shown,anything that was in the Ford PAG is likely to have a heated screen . That means any Jag, most Land Rovers and Aston Martins,although for some inexplicable reason not Volvos.

My V40 has a heated screen...

 

My old Carina had heater elements to thaw the wipers, and I'm sure Subaru had the same.

[Pillock]

Aye, Ford had the patent on these although it's my understanding that patents run for 25 years only.... and given that some Mk1 Sierras had heated front screens in the mid 80s it seems odd we're not seeing more of them now.

 

Mine works well. They're a bit poo at going to the edge which means your wipers still run over ice and drag it back onto the screen but it's way better than scraping. The one on the car when I bought it was missing a few stripes but it was a 3rd party replacement, when I got a crack in it Autoglass fitted a Ford one which works absolutely fine.

 

I also find it good at keeping the screen clear when it's damp weather, stops it misting up on the inside when I first get in the car. Works way quicker than the demister. Some cars have a button for "windscreen demist" (like the Vectra) but it's just a pre-programmed sequence for max effort to the screen - the "lines" on the picture are arrows to show airflow. Very sneaky

[londonm]

Heated windscreens, crikey, next thing they'll have is electric heated mirrors!